"HMS Caroline - WW1 Survivor" Topic
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| Huscarle | 13 Oct 2012 9:48 a.m. PST |
Interesting story on BBC website – HMS Caroline (light cruiser) is the last surviving warship of the Battle of Jutland and has been berthed at Alexandra Dock in Belfast since 1923.
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| Florida Tory | 13 Oct 2012 10:20 a.m. PST |
Very nice! Kudos for the commitment to restore her in time for the 100th anniversary of Jutland. Rick |
| Steve W | 13 Oct 2012 11:04 a.m. PST |
Yup I nipped down to see it the other day, really needs an overhaul which I think is going to happen in time for the anniversary of Jutland |
| Big Martin Back | 13 Oct 2012 11:20 a.m. PST |
Good – when she's finished I'll have another reason to go to Northern Ireland – along with seeing my favourite (lady) vicar. |
| Alpha Geek | 13 Oct 2012 11:20 a.m. PST |
That will be a difficult restoration job! Long years of service as a training ship and as administrative office for escorts in WWII have given it quite a different appearance than she had at Jutland. The toughest restoration task will be finding replacements for the scrapped-long-ago primary armaments. She launched with a pair of 4" guns on the forecastle but the whole class was converted to a much better single 6" and this *may* have been completed on Caroline by the time of Jutland. |
| Steve W | 13 Oct 2012 12:36 p.m. PST |
Well so far they have earmarked 1 million towards it, so thats a pretty good start, its going to be opposite the Normadic so I think a lot more money will be ploughed into it |
Shagnasty  | 13 Oct 2012 12:42 p.m. PST |
A great class of cruisers. I hope they are able to restore her. I was on the USS "Texas" last weekend and it is a never-ending battle to keep those beautiful old ships functioning. |
 McKinstry  | 13 Oct 2012 4:43 p.m. PST |
Great news. I had no idea a veteran from Jutland was still around. |
| Klebert L Hall | 14 Oct 2012 1:18 p.m. PST |
That's fantastic news!
They'll need a hell of as lot more than a million pounds too, but as said above, it's a good start.
-Kle. |
| Pontius | 15 Oct 2012 4:22 a.m. PST |
This reminds me of an amusing snippet about the Caroline.
All HM ships at sea send a position and intended movements signal (PIM) at 2000 daily which states where they are, destination, speed, fuel state etc. It so happened that HMS Caroline was being towed from her normal berth to dry dock one evening so someone sent a PIM signal at 2000. The reaction of Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland when a PIM was received from what was regarded as a shore establishment was not recorded! |
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